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Description
Indications for use
Cleaning
Body Type
Medication Concentrations
Color Coded
ISMP Safety Alert
ACEP Policy Excerpt
National
Organizations
Online Ordering
Print Order Form
(pdf)
Printer
Friendly Order Form
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Color Coded to match existing
systems' accessories. |
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Convenient for medication
dosage and equipment sizing calculations during non-emergent
events, such as seizures, conscious sedation and similar
healthcare situations. |
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"...Measuring tapes can be
used for other vital measurements throughout the
healthcare
system."
"Durable
enough to be reused, but cost allows for single use." |
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CDC™
Body Type is used for a more accurate estimation of drug
dosages and/or equipment sizing. |
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Confusion over concentrations
has been eliminated by placing the
concentration next to the
medication. |
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You
don't have to change your current
color coded system.
The PEDI Slide Chart™
is completely compatible. |
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The use of a length-based
system is supported by JCAHO and the American Heart
Association®.
"Using a length-based system
of measurement is advisable"
American Heart Association
"Both new and experienced
caregivers find the cognitive aid helpful when responding to
'code' situations"
Joint Commission Journal on Quality & Practice Safety,
Volume 30, Number 9, September 2004, pp.488-496(9) |
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Want to
become a distributor,
email for more
information. |
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PEDI Slide Chart®
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News:
"Most of the harmful
pediatric medication errors tracked during
the past two years by U.S. Pharmacopeia
involved either an improper dose or
quantity..."
JCAHO Sentinel Event Alert, Issue 39, April
11, 2008
Click Here
to read entire alert
The
PEDI Slide Chart™
was honored as one of the best new products
of 2007 by the national magazine;
Contemporary Pediatrics.
PEDI Slide Chart
Press Release |
"...Length-based systems or pre-calculated
drug systems should be used to avoid
calculation errors of medications
delivered."
American College
of Emergency Physicians Policy #400400,
Approved September 2000
"Using a
length-based system of measurement is
advisable"
American
Heart Association
“Both new and experienced
caregivers find the cognitive aid helpful
when responding to 'code' situations.”
Joint Commission Journal on Quality &
Patient Safety, Volume 30, Number 9,
September 2004, pp.488-496(9)
"While
length-based systems have been used for
years,
they have traditionally been difficult to
navigate and read.
The PEDI Slide Chart™
has solved those issues."
If you would like a sample slide chart, complete form
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Rapid, easy access to emergency and
urgent pediatric specific
information. |
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Infection Control compliance:
-Slide chart does not come into
direct contact with the patient.
-The optional disposable/reusable
measuring tapes can be cleaned or
discarded.
-Alternate measuring devices
can be used (e.g., tape measures) |
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Length & weight is based on CDC™
weight-to-stature growth charts. |
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Medication concentrations are
clearly shown next to the
medication. |
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Body type (average, at risk,
overweight) is used for better
accuracy. |
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Normal vital sign parameters and
Pediatric Trauma Score included. |
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Information is easy to find in the
appropriate slide chart information
slots. |
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Slide chart may be used as a
calculator if actual weight is
known. |
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Color coded to match existing
systems accessories. |
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The
PEDI Slide Chart™
is a durable, reusable guide that is intended for use
during the pediatric healthcare emergent or
urgent situation. It is designed to give the
user quick access to important information
in the care of the pediatric patient. The
calculations are based on length & weight
estimates obtained from the CDC™
weight-to-stature growth charts and are used
to provide a reliable medication dosage and/or
sizing of equipment.
● Eliminates memorization.
● Eliminates mathematics (errors in
decimal point placement, mathematical
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calculations, or expression of dosage
regimen accounted for 59.5% of dosage
errors).
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Lesar, TS. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1998
Apr; 152(4):340-4.)
● Promotes standardization.
● Provides redundancy and universality. |
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PEDI
Slide Chart™
is intended for use in the pediatric patient
whose length is less than 147cm and/or
weight is less than 36kg. |
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The PEDI Slide Chart™
is water resistant and can be cleaned with
mild, non-abrasive antimicrobial cleanser.
The reusable/disposable multi-use measuring tape is
made of durable Tyvek™
and can also be similarly cleaned.
Measuring Tapes
click on pictures for larger image
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The PEDI Slide Chart™
60 inch/152 centimeter, 5/8" wide
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synthetic, multi-use
disposable measuring
tape
is
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virtually
indestructible.
● With inches on one side and
centimeters on the other, the
● tape
can be left with the pediatric patient to be
used for other
● vital
measurements throughout the healthcare
system.
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The PEDI Slide Chart 60 inch/152
centimeter, 3" wide synthetic
reusable ●
measuring tape
is made of the same virtually
indestructible
material as
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the reusable/disposable tapes (see above).
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Includes the following information
printed on the tape.
Centimeters and Inches (both sides)
Metric Equivalents
Conversion Formulas
Temperature Conversion Scale (F° - C°)
Metric Prefixes
Metric Equivalents Linear Measure
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These tapes are designed to be re-used
and provides a larger, easier to read
format.
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Don't want to use the PEDI Slide Chart
measuring tape? That's OK, use
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anything that measures centimeters instead. You
don't need to use a
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specific measuring
device, if you prefer, since everything is based on
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length in centimeters, not the length of a
special tape.
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Don't worry about which end you measure
from, it doesn't matter with the PEDI Slide
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Chart™.
All you need is the total length in
centimeters.
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Differences in body type can make a
significant difference in the medication
dosage or equipment sizing in the pediatric
patient. The onset of more childhood obesity
calls for a more accurate way to determine
weight based on stature. Our use of the CDC™
body type categories will give you that more
accurate determination you need.
During
measurement of the pediatric patient,
the Body Type is taken into account for
better accuracy (unique to the
PEDI Slide
Chart™):
50th percentile = "Average Weight"
75th percentile = "Chubby"
95th percentile = "Obese"
No other length-based systems provide for
the differences
in body type of the
pediatric patient! |
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All medication
concentrations are clearly listed next to
the corresponding medication. This
eliminates the potential for dosing errors
due to the wrong concentration being used.
Note: With other length-based
systems, you have to find the concentrations
in another location. |
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The
PEDI
Slide Chart™
is color coded to match existing systems'
accessories. These are the same color coded
categories you already use!
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Institute For
Safe Medication Practices
click here for information about
ISMP
From the February 26, 2004 issue of their
newsletter:
"...A recently
published article uncovered several other
problems when using the Broselow™ tape. For
example, during a series of mock codes, the
most common error observed was using the
tape upside down and measuring the patients
from the wrong end."
"...A serious misunderstanding was also
uncovered. Under each color-coded, there's a
list of several drugs useful for treating
patients with seizures. Another list
provides drugs used for rapid sequence
intubation. Many clinicians believed these
drugs represented an algorithmic tool. Thus,
during mock codes, they gave more than one
medication from each list, believing there
were to be given in a sequence, rather than
selecting one choice form among the drugs
listed."
"...Nevertheless, clinicians have expressed
concerns: one regarding the inconsistent
methods used to express drug doses (mg/mEq
for IV push medications; mL for IV infusion
medications); and another about the lack of
volumetric doses for IV push drugs. This
means that clinicians, often stressed during
an emergency, must perform mathematical
calculation - albeit a rather simple one
that may be facilitated by the product
labeling." |
American
College of Emergency Physicians
Care of Children in the Emergency Department:
Guidelines for Preparedness...
Excerpt from ACEP Policy
#400300;
"...These guidelines provide current information on
equipment and supplies considered essential for
managing pediatric emergencies. New technology and
research will require that such emergency drug,
equipment, and supply lists are kept current and are
readily available to hospitals providing emergency
care to children."
Vl. GUIDELINES FOR EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, AND
MEDICATIONS FOR CHILDREN IN THE ED.
A. Necessary medications,
equipment, and supplies are listed in Table 1. Each
hospital must develop a method for storage and
provide accessibility of medications and equipment
for children. The method used must ensure that the
health care practitioner can easily identify
appropriate dosages of medications based on the
patient's weight and choose appropriately sized
equipment. Length-based systems or
pre-calculated drug systems should be used to avoid
calculation errors of medications delivered.
PEDI Slide Chart is now
available for sale on the ACEP website.
This policy is supported by
the following
organizations:
American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association
American Pediatric Surgical Association
American Trauma Society
Emergency Nurses Association
National Association of EMS Physicians
American Hospital Association
National Association of Emergency Medical
Technicians
National Committee for Quality Assurance
Brain Injury Association, Inc.
National Association of School Nurses
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations (JCAHO)
National Association of Children's Hospitals and
Related Institutions
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